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Our 1935 Beauty

For the last eight years we have run The Saltworks Bed & Breakfast in Padanaram, a small Massachusetts village on Buzzards Bay in the town of Dartmouth.  Many guests arrive by boat and need a lift to the B&B with all their gear.  To add a little extra to our guests’ B&B experience, we began searching for a Ford V-8 woodie as transportation and advertising.

 Our 1935 Ford station wagon spent most of its life on a Connecticut chicken farm delivering eggs to local grocery stores.  By 1970 she was a pile of junk but, luckily, was restored to a second life in the 1980s. 

 
 

We found her four years ago stored away on Cape Cod and again in need of a little restorative effort. 

With the assistance of a local boat builder, we replaced all of her maple body panels and applied many coats of new varnish.  Her canvas side curtains and clear window inserts were redone by a local sail maker in our village.

Our guests love riding in the woodie and wished for a souvenir to take home.  Woodie Gear started out as an idea for our B&B guests.  We soon realized that woodie owners, potential owners, and just plain woodie lovers would enjoy our woodie belts, dog collars and dog leads.

Sandy also offers woodie note cards from her original artwork here at Woodie Gear.

 - Dave and Sandy Hall

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